Tallon Griekspoor and Miljan Zekic will play each other in the quarter of the Murcia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on PISTA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 2 sets.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.25
Miljan Zekic -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Miljan Zekic
This will be the 2nd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Miljan Zekic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zekic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Zekic won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in the Francavilla Challenger back in 2017.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 131, the Dutch reached the quarter after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 6-1 and Alexander Ritschard 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Tallon had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (7-63 6-3). During the match, Griekspoor scored 84 points vs Ritschard’s 70. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Griekspoor scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tallon Griekspoor was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Griekspoor broke Ritschard 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tallon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Griekspoor has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (252-142). 23-10 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Griekspoor has an aggregate121-68 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Prague Challenger where he overcame Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he beat Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in the Amersfoort Challenger where he beat Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 3-6 6-1.
Griekspoor has a composed 36-17 win-loss record in 2021, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Miljan Zekic
Ranked no. 321, the Serbian reached the quarter after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Mats Rosenkranz 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Miljan had a good straight sets win against Rosenkranz (6-4 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 67 points vs Rosenkranz’s 60. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Zekic managed to score 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Miljan Zekic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Miljan broke Rosenkranz twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Miljan’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Skopje.
The Serbian has a composed 49-20 win-loss record in 2021, 49-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Griekspoor | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 48 |
| Pts | 148-109 | 138-134 |
| Total Points | 257 | 272 |
| Winners | 54 | 66 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Griekspoor and Zekic played 2 matches. At the moment, Miljan Zekic surrendered 1 set while Tallon Griekspoor hasn’t conceded a set so far. Griekspoor has played 1 set(s) less than Zekic (4 vs 5). Therefore, Griekspoor played 10 games less than Zekic. Tallon scored 54 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Miljan managed to score 66 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Griekspoor | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 77/125 | 85/136 |
| %1st in | 62% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 54/77 | 66/85 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 27/48 | 25/51 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 49% |
Griekspoor fired 10 aces (5 per match). Zekic fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Griekspoor won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Griekspoor | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 43% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Griekspoor broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Tallon conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Zekic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Griekspoor | ||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo | R2 Ritschard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 84-70 | 148-109 | |
| Total points | 103 | 154 | 257 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 45/77 | 77/125 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 33/45 | 54/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 73% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 17/32 | 27/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/11 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 27% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Zekic | ||||
| R1 Ramanathan | R2 Rosenkranz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 48 | |
| pts | 71-74 | 67-60 | 138-134 | |
| Total points | 145 | 127 | 272 | |
| Winners | 32 | 34 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 51% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 45/63 | 85/136 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 71% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 34/45 | 66/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 10/18 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 56% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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